Alison Hammond struggled to pay her payments within the years after she discovered fame.
The 49-year-old presenter grew to become identified to the general public when she appeared as a contestant on ‘Large Brother’ in 2002 and subsequently joined ITV’s ‘This Morning’ the place she hosted the competitors segments however work dried up within the years that adopted and she or he needed to get a job in a hairdressers to make ends meet.
She instructed The Observer: “There was a time after I couldn’t pay my mortgage and I used to be actually well-known. I’d reply the cellphone, do just a few blow dries. It’s not all good the entire time. “
Today, the previous ‘I am A Celeb…Get Me Out Of Right here!’ contestant – who has 19-year-old son Aiden together with her ex-husband Noureddine Boufaied – is among the common foremost presenters on ‘This Morning’ and in addition fronts ‘The Nice British Bake Off’ however admitted that if all of it ended tomorrow, she would handle as she has accomplished earlier than and would fortunately work in a grocery store if she needed to.
She mentioned: “However I used to be all proper, you recognize? That’s tv, it’s fickle and it’s a part of my journey, a part of my energy.
“I do know I’ll be OK, as a result of I’ve been OK earlier than. I’ll go and work at Tesco and folks will nonetheless love me.”
As a baby, Alison joined the Central Junior Tv Workshop in her hometown of Birmingham and recalled simply having a want to be “in entrance of the digital camera” even at that early age.
She mentioned: “It was being in entrance of different those who thrilled me. I might simply present up in entrance of a digital camera. I’d do cartwheels, although I used to be an enormous lady. And I preferred the truth that individuals would say, ‘Wow, look how huge you’re – and you are able to do that!’ I preferred shocking individuals.”